Białowierśnie

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| name = Białowierśnie

| settlement_type = Village

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| image_skyline = Białowierśnie2 18.07.2009 p.jpg

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Podlaskie

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Sejny

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Giby

| coordinates = {{coord|54|4|N|23|19|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

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| population_total = 70{{Cite web|url=https://www.polskawliczbach.pl/wies_Bialowiersnie|title= Population of Białowierśnie village |access-date= 2021-11-04 }}

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 16-506 {{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222162405/https://www.poczta-polska.pl/hermes/uploads/2013/02/spispna.pdf |title= Official list of post codes|date= October 2013|page= 26|archive-url = https://www.poczta-polska.pl/hermes/uploads/2013/02/spispna.pdf |archive-date= 2014-02-22}}

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Białowierśnie {{IPAc-pl|b|j|a|ł|o|'|w|j|e|r|ś|ń|e}}, is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Giby, within Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the borders with Belarus and Lithuania.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|7|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-west of Sejny and {{convert|106|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of the regional capital Białystok.

History

In the 18th century the village, which had 6 fibres, belonged to the Camaldolese estate in Wigry. In 17th and 18th century it was inhabited by several to a dozen farmers.{{Cite web |title=Klasztor Kamedułów w Wigrach |trans-title=Camaldolese Monastery in Wigry |url=https://www.suwalki24.pl/index.php/Klasztor-Kamedulow-w-Wigrach/Page-4.html |access-date=2009-11-22 |language=Polish}}

In 1827 it was recorded that the population of the village numbered at 111 and 11 homes.{{Cite web |year=1880 |title=Białowierśnie |url=http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_I/195 |page=195 |language=Polish}}

References

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{{Gmina Giby}}

Category:Suwałki Voivodeship

Category:Villages in Sejny County

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